Combination sled and wheeled vehicle



Nov. 16 1926.

J. C. KORN COMBINATION SLED AND WHEELED VEHICLE Filed July 9, 1926 flttow u; o

Patented New. 16, "$26.

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m as COI'vEBINA'IION SLED AND V EEELED VEHICLE.

Application filed July 9,

This invention aims to provide novel means for so equipping a sled that it can be .sed either upon ice or snow, upon the one hand, or upon bare ground upon the other hand.

it is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utnity of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

lVith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

in the drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a sled equipped with the device for ing the subject matter of this'application;

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the sled;

Figure 3 is a perspective showing the arm;

Figure 4 is a perspective showing the standard.

The numeral 1 marks a sled including a body made up ofa platform Q'joined by knees 3 to the upstanding flanges l of runners 5, the runners, in the present embodiment of the invention, but not necessarily, being in the form of T members.

In carrying out the invention there is pro 'ided any desired number of standards 6 supplied at their upper ends with rectangudisposed head plates 7 having open- 8 standard 6 has a broadened 9 supplied with a seat or notch 10, the 9, thus, being bifurcated. The foot 9 with atransverse opening 11.

eouipped ed with hub 12 which is wider bicker than the standard, the hub be 5, l V b si'ipplied with a plurality of ribs 1% disposed radially with respect to central opening 15 in the hub.

T he numeral .16 marks an arm'equipped at its upper end with a hub 17 havin a central opening 18, the hub being supplied with a laterally projecting rim 19 having r is received in the notch 10 that is formeo ermedrite its ends. the standard 6 issup- Serial No. 121,419.

tained from the arm 16 through the instrumentality of a brace fin 22. A shaft 23, which may be a bolt, is mounted in the lower end of the bracket 21 and in the lower end of the arm 16. A wheel 24 is journaled for rotation on the shaft 23 and is located within the bracket 21.

The upstanding flange l of the runner 5 l in the lower end of the standard 6. The head plate 7 abuts against the under surface of the v platform '2. A securing element passes through the opening 11 in the standard. 6 and through the flange 4 of th runner 5. Securing elements 26 are mounted in the openings 8 of the foot plate. 7 and connects the foot'plate to the platform 2. Generally stated, the standards 6 are mounted their upper ends on the body of the sled 1 and are mounted at their lower ends on the runners 5. The hub 17 of the rm 16 is placed against the hub-12 of the standard 6., with the ribs 14: of the hub 12 engagedin the notches'20 which are formed in the rim 19 of the hub 17. A clamping device 22", such as a bolt and wing nut, is mounted in the openings 18, and, thus, the arm 16 may be held at any desired angle with respect to the standard 6, the ribs 14 and the notches 2O constituting interlocking elements, which, in conjunction withthe clamping bolts 2'? will retain the arm 16 at any desired angle with respect to the standard 6. If desired, the arm 16 may be held in the approximate- 1y horizontal position shown at 28 in F ure 1. Then, the runners 5 of the co M. into play, in the usual way. If St lent snow to operate the sled as such islac k then the arms 16 may be down into the vertical position shown in dotted line in Figure 1, the sled 1 being elevated a maximum amount. This operation is followed when the surface of the ground, roadway or side walk is somewhat rough, If the surface over which the vehicle is travelling, is rea sonably smooth, then the arms 16 may be held at an acute angle to the stand is 6, as shown at 29 in Figure 1, the sled bet a raised t? en h that it can run on the Wheels 24:, the runners 5, at the same time, being disposed close to the ground.

What is claimed is In a device of the class described, a stand- 5 ard, an arm, a Wheel journaled on the arm, the standard and the arm being provided with hubs, radial tongue and groove eleand groove elements interel'lgaged.

In testimon' that I claim the for-egoin I .o n as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature.

J OHN CRISTIAN IIUIQZN. 

